Moving-in-101: The Joint Account

Beginning of the year Lamia and I opened a joint account with ING. Now, here was a chance to be creative, because ING lets you personalize your debit card.

So we brainstormed an awesome photo of the two of us, took it, ordered the card and - finally - I got it today.



Aaaaaah, patriarchy in its utter beauty: the little housewife prepares the food, while the master of the house browses through an Aldi leaflet for the latest bargains.

Real life captured in perfection.


ps.
Interesting privacy rules at ING, by the way:
This became apparent the day I opened the new account for the two of us. I told the clerk the new address and he changed it. Not only for me, no!, but also for Lamia without her explicit permission. Hum...

And when I wanted to pick up the debit card today, it was gone already. They had given it to Lamia the day before, just assuming this would be okay (which it was, of course, but this is not the point).

This could make you wonder a tiny little bit about how secure your data and your money is with ING...